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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day

of July 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Ram Subbaratnam,

Project Manager, Project Directorate II–1,

Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–18064 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 72–16]

Virginia Electric and Power Company,

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative;

Notice of Issuance of Materials License

SNM–2507 North Anna Independent

Spent Fuel Storage Installation

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC or the Commission)

has issued a Materials License under the

provisions of Title 10 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, Part 72 (10 CFR

Part 72), to Virginia Electric and Power

Company (Virginia Power) and Old

Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC),

authorizing receipt and storage of spent

fuel in an independent spent fuel

storage installation (ISFSI) located on

site at its North Anna Power Station in

Louisa County, Virginia.

The function of the ISFSI is to provide

interim storage for up to 839.04 metric

tons of uranium contained in

approximately 1824 fuel assemblies

from the North Anna Power Station,

Units 1 and 2, in storage casks. Thirty

two assemblies are to be loaded into

each cask within the North Anna Power

Station spent fuel enclosure at the plant

and subsequently transferred to the

onsite ISFSI. The cask that is authorized

for use is the TN–32 designed by

Transnuclear, Inc. The license for an

ISFSI under 10 CFR Part 72 is issued for

20 years, but the licensee may seek to

renew the license, if necessary, prior to

its expiration.

The Commission’s Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)

has completed its environmental,

safeguards, and safety reviews in

support of issuance of this license.

Following receipt of the application

filed May 9, 1995, a ‘‘Notice of

Consideration of Issuance of Materials

License for the Storage of Spent Fuel

and Opportunity for Hearing’’ was

published in the Federal Register on

July 6, 1995 (60 FR 35237). The

‘‘Environmental Assessment (EA)

Related to the Construction and

Operation of the North Anna

Independent Spent Fuel Storage

Installation (dated March 28, 1997) and

Finding of No Significant Impact,’’ was

issued and noticed in the Federal

Register (62 FR 16202) in accordance

with 10 CFR Part 51. The scope of the

EA included the construction and

operation of an ISFSI on the North Anna

Power Station site including impacts

derived from use of the TN–32 cask.

The staff has completed its safety

review of the North Anna ISFSI site

application and safety analysis report.

The NRC staff’s ‘‘Safety Evaluation

Report for the North Anna Independent

Spent Fuel Storage Installation’’ was

issued on June 30, 1998. Materials

License SNM–2507, the staff’s

Environmental Assessment, Safety

Evaluation Report, and other documents

related to this action are available for

public inspection and for copying for a

fee at the NRC Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the

local public document room at the

Special Collections Department, Second

Floor, Alderman Library, University of

Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

22903–2498.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day

of June 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William F. Kane,

Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

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[Docket No. 50–213]

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power

Company; Haddam Neck Plant;

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an exemption

from certain requirements of its

regulations to Facility Operating License

No. DPR–61, a license held by the

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power

Company (CYAPCO or the licensee).

The exemption would apply to the

Haddam Neck Plant, a permanently

shutdown and defueled plant located at

the CYAPCO site in Middlesex County,

Connecticut.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed exemption would

modify security requirements to

eliminate certain equipment, relocate

certain equipment, modify certain

procedures, and reduce the number of

armed responders, due to the

permanently shutdown and defueled

status of the Haddam Neck facility.

The proposed action is in accordance

with the licensee’s application dated

June 19, 1997. The requested action

would grant an exemption from certain

requirements of 10 CFR 73.55,

‘‘Requirements for physical protection

of licensed activities in nuclear power

plant reactors against radiological

sabotage.’’

Need for the Proposed Action

Haddam Neck was shut down on July

22, 1996. On December 5, 1996, the

licensee informed the Commission that

it had decided to permanently cease

operations at Haddam Neck Plant and

that all fuel had been permanently

removed from the reactor. In accordance

with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2), the

certifications in the letter modified the

facility operating license to permanently

withdraw CYAPCO’s authority to

operate the reactor and to load fuel into

the reactor vessel. In this permanently

shutdown condition, the facility poses a

reduced risk to public health and safety.

Because of this reduced risk, certain

requirements of 10 CFR 73.55 are no

longer appropriate. An exemption is

required from portions of 10 CFR 73.55

to allow the licensee to implement a

revised Defueled Security Plan that is

appropriate for the permanently

shutdown and defueled reactor facility.

Environmental Impact of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed action. The

Commission concludes that exemption

from certain portions of 10 CFR 73.55

are acceptable given the reduced

consequences of an act of sabotage

resulting in the release of radioactive

material contained in the spent fuel at

a defueled reactor site.

The proposed change will not

increase the probability or consequences

of accidents, no changes are being made

in the types of effluents that may be

released off site, and there is no

significant increase in the allowable

individual or cumulative occupational

exposure. Accordingly, the Commission

concludes that there are no significant

radiological environmental impacts

associated with the proposed action.

With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed

action does involve features located

entirely within the restricted area as

defined in 10 CFR Part 20. It does not

affect non-radiological plant effluents

and has no other environmental impact.

Therefore, the Commission concludes

that there are no significant non-
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radiological impacts associated with the

proposed action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

Since the Commission has concluded

that there is no measurable

environmental impact associated with

the proposed action, any alternative

with equal or greater environmental

impact need not be evaluated. The

principal alternative to the action would

be to deny the request. Denial of the

exemption request would result in no

change in current environmental

impacts. The environmental impacts of

the proposed action and the alternative

action are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

This action does not involve the use

of any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statement for the Haddam Neck Plant.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on July 1, 1998, the NRC staff consulted

with Mr. Dwayne Gardner of the State

of Connecticut, Department of

Environmental Protection, regarding the

environmental impact of the proposed

action. The State official had no

comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

Based upon the environmental

assessment, the Commission concludes

that the proposed action will not have

a significant effect on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed action.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the licensee’s letter dated

June 19, 1997, which is available for

public inspection at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, and at the Local Public

Document Room at the Russell Public

Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown,

Connecticut.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day

of July 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Seymour H. Weiss,

Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Program Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Joint Meeting of the ACRS

Subcommittees on Plant Operations

and on Fire Protection; Notice of

Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittees on Plant

Operations and on Fire Protection will

hold a joint meeting on July 29, 1998,

at the NRC Region II Office, Atlanta

Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,

Suite 23 T85, Atlanta, Georgia.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Wednesday, July 29, 1998—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

The Subcommittees will meet with

the NRC Region II personnel to discuss

Region II activities and other items of

mutual interest, including significant

operating events, on-line maintenance,

plant performance review program,

results of the pilot fire protection

functional inspection, and other fire

protection issues. The purpose of this

meeting is to gather information,

analyze relevant issues and facts, and to

formulate proposed positions and

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation

by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittees, their

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittees, along with

any of their consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittees will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of Region II

personnel and other interested persons

regarding this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, and

the Chairman’s ruling on requests for

the opportunity to present oral

statements and the time allotted

therefor, can be obtained by contacting

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer, Mr.

Amarjit Singh (telephone 301/415–

6899) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

(EDT). Persons planning to attend this

meeting are urged to contact the above

named individual one or two working

days prior to the meeting to be advised

of any potential changes to the agenda,

etc., that may have occurred.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Medhat M. El-Zeftawy,

Acting Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

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Excepted Service

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions

placed or revoked under Schedules A

and B, and placed under Schedule C in

the excepted service, as required by

Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from

the Competitive Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia H. Paige, Staffing Reinvention

Office, Employment Service (202) 606–

0830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Personnel Management published its

last monthly notice updating appointing

authorities established or revoked under

the Excepted Service provisions of 5

CFR 213 on June 12, 1998 (63 FR

32258). Individual authorities

established or revoked under Schedules

A and B and established under

Schedule C between May 1, 1998, and

May 31, 1998, appear in the listing

below. Future notices will be published

on the fourth Tuesday of each month, or

as soon as possible thereafter. A

consolidated listing of all authorities as

of June 30 is published annually.

Schedule A

No Schedule A authorities were

established or revoked during May

1998.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities were

established or revoked during May

1998.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C authorities

were established during May 1998.